Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] it for " in BNC.

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1 But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) .
2 There can be no doubt that he rewrote it for Ken .
3 Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime .
4 So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again .
5 He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine .
6 And it eventually gestated out , and he wrote it for his Sunday school , and his church organist , Lewis Redner was asked to provide the music , and this is the music which Redner provided
7 The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft .
8 She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see .
9 His membership of the Conservative party was to prove of short duration and he left it for good just before the government of 1931 was formed .
10 If a lettuce cost the retailer 10p and he sold it for 15p , what was the mark up in cash terms ?
11 I expect he is going to die in prison and he deserves it for what he has done . ’
12 It was defective and he took it for repair to the accused , who sold it .
13 And he hailed it for providing an ideal environment in which individualism can flourish .
14 Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence .
15 She took it , and he lit it for her .
16 The new Black Basalt developed by Wedgwood was fine-grained , smooth , and richer in hue , and he used it for relief plaques , busts , medallions and cameos , as well as ‘ useful wares ’ for table and fine vases .
17 So he converted his barn which was huge and he used it for recitals , put a lovely grand piano in it .
18 He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue .
19 He , he home last in the fifty fly but he finished it for once .
20 He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 .
21 Born in Warsaw in 1905 , his full name was Marius Ladislas Steniatowski , but he shortened it for convenience when his parents came to England in 1921 .
22 A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land , or who picks flowers , fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land , does not ( although not in possession of the land ) , steal what he picks , unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial purpose .
23 It poured out into the still night and Nuadu shivered , because he knew it for the evil magic of the Dark Ireland ; the ancient , malevolent enchantment of the necromancers .
24 Because he had it for breakfast .
25 There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it .
26 When he did it for himself , the law jailed him
27 As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed .
28 Approaching the signal box he mounted the steps , the hand-rail creaking as he used it for support .
29 Ronni felt her blood leap and burn within her as he held it for a moment , squeezing gently , then , almost as though the gesture was an afterthought , allowing his thumb to graze lightly against the burning peak .
30 I shall repeat it as he works it for adults and then suggest how it might be adapted for children .
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